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Show XOTES FROM THE EAST. Imaginary 3Ioasters Ths Audi- toriuai. SulIItan'.s Pathoj Excites Ex-cites Popular Risibility. Correspondence ot the Dc-ebct Sews A iilt Laker, wjille being whirled along the Union Pacific route, is struck at once with tho 'desolation ot tho country between the lltah Hue aud Cheyenne. Nature does cot seem to have assisted in the building of cities, and money apparently ap-parently has beeu planted In comfortless com-fortless buildings without lb.r or tree to relievo the dry monotony Of courso there arc exceptions but this Is tho rule; and then ones thoughts are turned toward beautiful beauti-ful Utah aud how tho governmental favors arc showered upon tho one and gorcrutiicntal bate upon tho other. From our orchards and flower gardens to tile sandy plains of of Wyoming is indeed a change. Tho only comforts to be found are seemingly upon the Union Pacific trains. This road has the name of making mak-ing every thing pleisiut for passengers; passen-gers; while it miy discriminate on freights and smash freight car, yet its imssengers are kindly and safely cared for and few or no accidents occur on the trains bearing its most valuable cargo passengers. From Cheyenno to Omaha the country Improves, and the eyu becomes be-comes more pleased, nnd w hen one boards the Chicago and Northwestern Northwest-ern road he begins to see something ot good quiet scenery.anl continues to enjoy the modern conveniences of railroad travel. As Iang as you canceal the fact that you nr from Salt Lake your society Is enjoyed, but if you wbh to continue with tourists on good footing, forever bury your birth place. For instance, you are asked to Join a party In a fout-handed euchre game. You consent and have an old but amiable Iioston girl for partner, aud the time goes pleasantly pleas-antly on, but piesentlyi "Are you from the west?" "Tea, Kir." "Very fir nest?" ' Ves sir." All, Omaha?" "No, Salt Lake!" Wet blankets aud shades of gloom preserve ut! Your partner sinks under Ihu tabic, your opponents take every trick aud to iscape the blackness you withdraw. Chicago is tbo great busy clly of America, and one is struck with tho restlessness restless-ness of its population. It seems like every man has only a few minutes tolivss and is trying to make his fortune in that short time. Rush, grab, trash, hurry, crush seem to be the war cries and one is dazzled with the confusion and excitement, Chicago now I;i3onc Of the finest if not the finest hotel in tho world the Auditorium. This building is simply astonishing In its grandeur, and its hotel system is perfect. It was built and la owned by the Chicago Auditorium Association at a cost of S3.2OJ,00a. It was commenced com-menced Iu January, 1SS7, and finished fin-ished iu tebruary, Ki). The Au ditorlusu building covers about oue aud oue-balf acres fronting on Congress Street, Michigan and Wabash Avenues, and Includes: 1 The Auditorium Theatre with n seating capacity for theatres of over W3, and for conventions of about SOCK). 2 Ilccltal hall, seatlns over 333. 3 liusiness portion containing many stores antl hundreds of otllcos. -J Tower observatory, being eighteen stories high; nnd 5 Hotel with four hundred guest rooms. The dluing room is on the tenth floor and is 175 feetlongoverlooklng Lake Michigan. The banquet hall is tullt of steei on trusses spanning 120 feet over tho Auditorium theatre. The building in the main Is ten stories hl-lli and the tower t went J' stories. It Is 270 feet high and weighs 110,00) tons is built of granite nnd Iledfoni stone on the exterior, aud the interior is of iron, brick, terra cotta, marble, etc. It contains I-.OS'.OOO brick and lias 50,O3J feet of Italian marble mosaic floors, containing 53,000,0'IO pieces of marble put In by hand. It has 50,000 fcit of plate glass 25 miles of water and gas pipe, 230 miles of electric wire, 10,003 electric light-, nnd II dynamos, and other things startling Iu their immensity. Strauss and his Vienna orchestra have been delighting Chlcag) audiences au-diences fur some time In fill great theatre, and to witness therrcfonu-anco therrcfonu-anco in ssicll a house lias been indeed in-deed enjoyable. John L.S'illlvan has bsea pitying pity-ing "Honest Hearts and Willing Hands" at the Haymarket Theatre and draws great lioues,wlule Lawrence Law-rence liarrett with his great company com-pany in "I'rauccsco Di lUmliii" is playing Iu the same city to slim audiences. What a reproach to civilization! civ-ilization! Sullivan tlie slugger get' titig rich; itarrttt the artist starving. starv-ing. Of course, every body goes to see Sullivan from curiosity, and to sit and hear his play out ia exceedingly exceed-ingly interesting. Duncan II. Harrington Har-rington has written a pathetic play for him, and every time Sullivan goes through hLs lines the audience roars. When he says, "Come mother, let's go 'ome,a the sympathy sym-pathy of tho audience is expressed by wild yell. S illlvan stiuds it pretty well nnl 8meii-ne, when the scene Is Very natHetlc, lie IjIiis In the laugh. A fight is introduced In tho play winch s o realistic that it brings the audience, standing and John L. is proclaimed the champion of theworlJ. Everybody goes to laugh nnd it Is funny beyond description de-scription to see him worry through a pathetic part while his audience roars w ith laughter. The great skill in Chicago is the Armour lacking house, but your readers havo heard of tills so often that it is unnecessary to repeat it. Uesldesj to sec a ilvosquiallngpig Jerked up iu the air by the hind leg aud run through the machinery on a pulley, being first cut, then scalded, scraped, cleaned and cut up nnd ready for market quicker than you cau walk through the establishment Is quite enough to make one dizzy and uivtblu to write It. No ono who vlits ChlcagOjliow-evcr, ChlcagOjliow-evcr, should miss a slidit of It Dol.tlXUEC |
